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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
8
Creede residents decided 222000 was more than they could afford, said a local building contractor. The decision halted or scaled down a town project, reflecting tight budget choices amid fiscal concerns.
Arthur Godfrey appears on his morning show to sing Wagon Wheels by George Jessel, while Li'l Abner lampoons Nogoodniks and a F.L.O.P. disk jockey. The overlap between Capp's comic strip world and CBS audience creates a mutually profitable, sprawling media tie in. The piece notes the devious modern path from novel to film to stage as a cross promotional model.
The passage riffs on marketing a rubber doll named Amosandra tied to Amos n Andy, then shifts to how radio hosts popularized Palm Springs. It notes entertainers broadcasting from the desert attracted crowds and turned volcanic ash and cactus lands into lucrative real estate, sold at high profits.
Radio tonight features The Ohio Story about shipbuilding at 6 30 on WHBC The Railroad Hour salutes the Chicago Railroad Fair at 8 on ABC WHBC The Homecoming of Lou Chan on Cavalcade of America at 8 on NBC WTAM Inner Sanctum presents Model for Murder at 8 over CBS WGAR Peter Salem airs The Affair of the Nude N Turtium on MBS WHK Heifetz solos Hora Staccato on The Telephone Hour at 9 over NBC WTAM plus other program notes
A listing of Monday evening programs across WNBK with a sequence of shows starting at 5 10 PM including Fighting Kit Carson Test Pattern Masie Howdy Doody Distaff The Clutching Hand Dinner Platter and end with Coming Attractions at 11 PM Featuring a mix of drama newsreels music and variety programs and theater hour.
Cary Grant and Betsy Drake star in Every Girl Should Be Married airing at 9 on CBS-WGAR. Brina Raeburn to headline Legend of Teresa at 10 30 on NBC-WTAM in Radio City Playhouse.
Vic Damone will appear on Preview at 8 over WEWS. Cass Daley, Herb Shriner and Peter Donald will be starred on Variety Show at 9 over WEWS.
Grace Hocking of 2305 24th St NE solved the televised murder mystery on the Stand By for Crime program aired Saturday at 8 p.m. on WEWS. She received an encyclopedia set as the prize. NBC plans Tales of Mystery and Imagination starring Joseph Schildkraut. Oscar Levant prepares CBS fall program. John Archer to star in By Line London on ABC in September. Summer schedules: CBS 21 new shows, NBC 17, ABC 15, MBS 14. Kate Smith’s two hour evening show delayed to fall.
Senate and House conferees have not resolved differences in flood control and river and harbor appropriation bills for the next fiscal year. The House sets aside 75,000 for Tucson planning, while the Senate adds construction funds totaling 1,250,000. House funds total 593,292,270 for army civil functions work, and the Senate approves 751,515,690 plus an extra project.
In New Bedford Massachusetts forty eight hours after a hunting shoot a hospital team operated to remove a bullet from 9-year-old Richard Peckham’s arm. The boy only realized he had been shot after the procedure.
A 1949 King Features Syndicate piece promotes a 20 pound weight loss plan for policemen and their wives. It prescribes calorie cutting focused on fats, suggests four daily bread slices, three meals, and lists a 1600 calorie daily target with specific food group portions. The tone is brisk, urging steady loss over six months, with breakfast emphasis and portion control.
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Members of the famed 1st Marine Division veterans group plan their annual convention at the Hotel Astor in New York City on August 6 7 and 8. The division earned victories at Guadalcanal Peleliu and Okinawa in World War II.
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